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2.
Tap the Buy button.
3.
When prompted, type your iTunes Store account password.
After you do, the App Store closes, and you see the Home screen where the new app's icon
willreside.Thenewapp'siconisslightlydimmedandhasthewordLoadingbeneathit,witha
blue progress bar near its bottom to indicate how much of the app remains to be downloaded.
4.
If necessary, if the app is rated 17+, click OK on the warning screen that appears after
you type your password to confirm that you're 17 or older before the app downloads.
The app is now on your iPad, but it isn't copied to your iTunes Library on your Mac or PC until your
next sync unless you've enabled automatic downloads. If your iPad suddenly loses its memory (un-
likely) or if you delete the app from your iPad before you sync (as we describe later in this chapter,
in the section
“
Deleting an app
”
), that app is gone. That's the bad news. The good news is that you
can download it again from the Purchased tab as described earlier in the chapter. Or the app will re-
appear spontaneously on your iPad if you've enabled automatic downloads.
Downloading other content on your iPad
You may have noticed that the App Store app on your iPad offers nothing but apps. iTunes on your
computer, on the other hand, includes sections for music, movies, TV shows, books, podcasts, and
iTunes U.
On your iPad, you obtain music, movies, and TV shows with the iTunes Store app, and magazines
with the Newsstand app, which are both included with your iPad. To download books, podcasts or
iTunes U content, however, you'll need the iBooks, Podcasts, or iTunes U apps, which (curiously) are
not included with your iPad out of the box.
The good news is that these apps are free in the App Store, so if you want to shop for books, pod-
casts or iTunes U content on your iPad, you should probably go download one or more apps now.
All these apps all work pretty much the same, so when you understand how to navigate the App Store
app, you also know how to use all of the store apps.
Updating an app from the App Store
As we mention earlier in this chapter, every so often the developer of an iPad application releases an
update. If an update awaits you, a little number in a circle appears on the Updates icon at the bottom
of the iPad screen or in iTunes drop-down Library menu (where that number happens to be 66 in
